Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? Here's a quick Valentine's Day history, from possible pagan origins to Catholic saints ...

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Christopher Cannon makes Chaucer's complete works available in a new ...

Ours is the faith of risqué mystery plays, polyphonic music so intricate it provoked theological scandal and sumptuous ...

Folger Consort, the award-winning early music ensemble-in-residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library, invites audiences to celebrate music, love, and poetry with four concerts of The Love Birds: ...

St. Paul’s Artist Series Concerts presents the men’s vocal ensemble Chanticleer performing their program “Without a Song,” exploring music’s power through the ages. The concert takes place on Tuesday ...

The life of Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1340-1400), often labeled “the father of English poetry,” ought to be an open book: He is mentioned almost 500 times in contemporary records, far more than ...

One of the most common explanations is that Valentine's Day has its origins in the ancient Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia.

In 2025, by my count, there are over 650 words with some sort of medical significance that have lexicographic anniversaries.

This is the final resting place of famed authors Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling, among others. If you're fascinated by all the intrigue surrounding the British royalty ...

Students' reading scores have hit record lows, with boys' scores falling furthest. Pleasure reading could help.